Editing

Media Studies - Editing

Sound FX

http://soundbible.com/

The influence and distortion of media adverts

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Look up!

This short video by Gary Turk is a reminder of the effects of social media on our society. By connecting online, we are disconnecting offline. What are we missing from life as a result? What critical moments do we miss that we didn't even know passed us by? Be sure to watch this entire video, especially the ending.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4132555/

Media Studies - 6th Form Induction Session

M - Media Studies - Visual Language 6th Form Induction Day

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into A Comic Strip

By John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

Pablo Stanley's Facebook Page

Persuasive Elements

We have been discussing in class the use of 'persuasive elements' used by film-makers to emphasis a point or to illustrate an opinion. Film-makers employ a range of creative and technical techniques to communicate a range of ideas, messages or situations.

A recent text we have been focusing on is the 2004 documentary 'Fahrenheit 911' by Michael Moore. The text is about Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In this documentary we see Mr Moore use a range of persuasive elements to make his point and influence other. Below I discuss a range of these elements and how Moore used them within his film and what the purpose of this was.

For example.

• Selective Editing - where a cut away will be used to either strengthen a point being made or to act as a juxtaposition to what it being said.

A2 Advanced Portfolio Candidates 2014

Dear Moderator,

Please find below a list of A2 Media studies Students and links to their individual blogs.

1. 0503 David Allen - http://daveallenmediabloga2.blogspot.co.uk/
2. 0521 Ellie Bunce - http://elliebuncea2.blogspot.co.uk/
3. 0567 Beth Hutson - http://bethanyhutsona2.blogspot.co.uk/
4. Andrew Lush - http://andrewlushmediaa2.blogspot.co.uk/
5. 0608 Ben Pilston - http://benpilstona2.blogspot.co.uk/
6. 0633 Dan Sweet - http://dansweeta2.blogspot.co.uk/
7. 0647 Alex Underwood - http://alexunderwooda2.blogspot.co.uk/
8. 9520 Hollie Buckley - http://www.holliebuckley.blogspot.co.uk/

AS Foundation Portfolio Candidates 2014

Dear Moderator,

Please find below a list of AS Media studies Students and links to their individual blogs.

1. 0507 Katie Bannock - http://katiebannock.blogspot.co.uk/
2. 9206 Aine Buller - http://ainebuller.blogspot.co.uk/
3. 9219 Abel Clarke - http://abelsmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/ 
4. 9227 Millie Cox - http://milliecox.blogspot.co.uk/
5. 9238 Elliot Dias-Gunawardena - http://elliotdg1.blogspot.co.uk/
6. 0541 Toby Egden - http://tobyegdenmedia.blogspot.co.uk/
7. 9246 Tom Ewart - http://thomasewartsmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/
8. 9272 Skarlet Hillier - http://skarlethilliermediablog.blogspot.co.uk/
9. 9279 Patrick Kinch - http://paddykinchsmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/
10. 9287 Jack Lucas - http://jacklucasmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/
11. 9294 Ben Millard-Green - http://benmillard-green1997.blogspot.co.uk/
12. 0230 Victor Nonyane - http://victornonyane.blogspot.co.uk/
13. 3014 Zoe Ridgeway - http://zoeridgwaymediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/
14. 9328 Tyana Rodney - http://tyanaalexmedia.blogspot.co.uk/
15. 9344 Megan Sulley - http://megansulleymedia.blogspot.co.uk/
16. 0648 Joel Urner - http://joelurner.blogspot.co.uk/

Evaluation Planning

    In preparation for your evaluations you need to put together a plan showing you understanding of each question and the outline of the content for each informed answer. You also need to list some ideas for the format of how you plan answer each question.

 Below are the questions I need to address in my evaluation. I will be explaining and clarifying each question in my own words plus start to think about which creative method I will use to answer each question.

• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? 
• This question requires me to demonstrate my understanding of the conventions and techniques of film language and how I used these elements in my own production. I will need to talk about the research I carried out and what conclusions I made which effected my main task. There are a number of creative methods for answering this question:
• DVD Directors commentary
• Interview with the crew
• Film 2014 review

Media Guardian

Turn it over the ads are on!

This is a familiar cry in every household, either that or the commencement of the adverts are a chance to put the kettle on. It's even possible forward past the ads now so you don't have to be bothered with pushy Meerkats or exaggerated Brummies talking enthusiastically about their holidays. But adverts can offer us a moment of brevity or anguish that their big brother programmes can sometimes miss.

Adverts - good ones - are a concentrated burst of film language that can showcase what it is to create a meaningful text in less than a minute. The Media Guardian has highlighted a selection of new ads currently on our TVs that offer us a slice of the bizarre, the dramatic and the though provoking.

www.theguardian.com/media

Copyright Free Music

Free Music Archive

Below is an excellent resource for sound track and ambient music. Browse the huge range of tracks available by genre and download instantly.

http://freemusicarchive.org/

Eyes Wide Open

If Media studies teaches you anything let teach to always question what you are shown, presented with and even force fed. In my opinion their are always three sides to every story; theirs, yours and the truth. You know yours, you are given theirs but you have to search for the truth.

Below is a link to 'Films for action' website. I am not presenting you with the truth here but I hope you will at least start asking the questions.

www.filmsforaction.org

Future Film Festival at the BFI

The BFI Future Film Festival returns with an exciting line-up of events and screenings, to help you develop your own unique pathway into the world of film.

Each day will have a different focus (fiction, animation and documentary) and you can expect in-depth masterclasses, hands on workshops, screenings of the best new films by young, emerging filmmakers and inspirational Q&As.

Whether you are looking for a kick-start to your film career or you just want to try your hand at something new, the BFI Future Film Festival is here to inspire you.

To find out more and to book an event visit - www.whatson.bfi.org.uk/futurefilmfestival

Ones to watch in 2014

2014 is set to be another great year for film on a global scale. Below are three films coming out this year that deal with a wide and varied range of human emotion, interaction, morality, faith and tragedy.

KIDS FOR CASH is a riveting look behind the notorious judicial scandal that rocked the nation. Beyond the millions paid and high stakes corruption, KIDS FOR CASH exposes a shocking American secret.

In the wake of the shootings at Columbine, a small town celebrates a charismatic judge who is hell-bent on keeping kids in line... until one parent dares to question the motives behind his brand of justice.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/kidsforcash/

Would you choose your natural son, or the son you believed was yours after spending 6 years together? Kore-eda Hirokazu, the globally acclaimed director of "Nobody Knows", "Still Walking" and "I Wish", returns to the big screen with another family - a family thrown into torment after a phone call from the hospital where the son was born.

Ryota has earned everything he has by his hard work, and believes nothing can stop him from pursuing his perfect life as a winner. Then one day, he and his wife, Midori, get an unexpected phone call from the hospital. Their 6-year-old son, Keita, is not 'their' son - the hospital gave them the wrong baby.

Ryota is forced to make a life-changing decision, to choose between 'nature' and 'nurture.' Seeing Midori's devotion to Keita even after learning his origin, and communicating with the rough yet caring family that has raised his natural son for the last six years, Ryota also starts to question himself: has he really been a 'father' all these years.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/ifcfilms/likefatherlikeson/

Based on the #1 New York Times best-selling book of the same name, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL brings to the screen the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world.

The film stars Academy Award nominee and Emmy award winning actor Greg Kinnear as Todd Burpo and co-stars Kelly Reilly as Sonja Burpo, the real-life couple whose son Colton (newcomer Connor Corum) claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. Colton recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth, things he couldn't possibly know. Todd and his family are then challenged to examine the meaning from this remarkable event.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/heavenisforreal/

Media Magazine Conference 2013

David Buckingham giving his talk on media, marketing and Young people

Friday 13th December saw the Institute of education hold Media Magazines' annual media conference. the conference was attended by over 500 media students who had the opportunity to listen and talk to a range of media professionals attend engaging workshops and to network with other students.

To find out more about the event and about Media magazine please use the links below.

http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/index.html